Auction sale of autograph books, letters, mss., music, and paintings, for the benefit of the Germantown Hospital
Subtitle: to be held at the Germantown Cricket Club, Manheim, February 23 and 24, 1900, at eight o'clock each evening.
Publisher: Published by Committee on the Collection of Books; Allen, Lane & Scott, printers
Published: 1900
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Germantown Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.); American literature -- 19th century -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.; Rare books -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.; Autographs -- Catalogs.; Benefit auctions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genres: Bibliography; Catalogs.
Other titles: Book sale to benefit the Germantown Hospital, 1900
Notes: "The books to be auctioned are in each case signed by the author; carry his bookplate; contain a bit of original manuscript; are inscribed by the author with original poetry or prose; extra illustrated; finely bound or specially prepared in some way ..." -- P. 3.

"Germantown Dispensary and Hospital" list of officers, physicians, other staff, p. 10.

Auctioned "Autograph Letters and Manuscripts" included letters from Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.) and Harriet Beecher Stowe, both with portraits, and an autographed letter from Abraham Lincoln. Music included Arthur Foote's "I Arise From Dreams of Thee" as well as scores of a march and three operas by John Philip Sousa.

Includes many local advertisements.